The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-11-04
wAsHrsaTos LETTER.
from our Regular Correspondents

WAsHISGroN, Oct. 26, 1887.
Governor Church, of Dakota Territory
has filed his annual report with tht
Secretary ofthe Interior. The repor
is very voluminous, and contains an i'm
mense amount of information concern.
ing the rapid growth and development
of that wonderful land. The Governor
is exact in giving figures, and says they
have population of 26S, AT, an increase
during last year of 6S,477. with an as
sessed valuation of $l57 ,0S4 1856; making
an increase of over twenty per cent. dur.
ing last year. He says it is an outrage
to deprive such people of the right to
manage their own affairs, and that the
demand of Dakota must be needed by
this Congress. Governor Church evil
IDENTITY means business, and has the facts
to sustain him.
During the past summer there has
been on an average a national conven-
ton of some sort here every month.
Such gatherings work both ways; the
hotel keepers make handsome thing
out of it, and the delegates have chance
to see the Capital of the country. Wash
ington, at any time of the year, is a
beautiful city to visit, and those who
have not seen it, but form their estim-
ates from what they have seen in other
cities, have great deal to learn. Your
average citizen has seen so much of
business, heard the roar of manufact-
Dries, the clatter of railroads and the
pandemoniums of stock exchanges I'M
til he is tired of them. To come to a
beautiful city dedicated to more quiet
pursuits, where on all sides are fine
buildings, lovely parks and broad streets
over which his carriage may roll as if it
were on glass, gives him a feeling as
though he had been transported to an
other world. Besides, here, of course,
over and above all things that the eye
may see or the ear hear, are the tradi-
tons of greatness and eloquence in the
past, and the excitement of political
intrigue and ambition in the present.
1t is said that the President is heartily
glad to be home again. During the
three weeks of his journeyings he has
travelled $500 miles, passed through
seventeen states, ana been greeted by
over five millions of American people.
Washington is a very desirable place
of residence for young men ambitious
of becoming lawyers or law students.
The large number of Libraries containing
all the legal works worth having, the
great amount of leisure time which the
average young man has upon his hands,
and the numerous law colleges with a
modest admission fee, all combine to
offer tempting conveniences to the dis
ciples of Blackstone. There are three
Law colleges here, each with faculty
composed of the foremost lawyers and
judges in Washington, and the registers
this year show much larger number of
students than usual. ...
The Catho:.'s are to build an immense
University here consisting of seven
buildings, anu the aggregate cost will be
nearly ten millions of dollars. The site
selected is about two miles northeast of
the city.
The Ohio Democrats here declare that
they will go home to vote, let the conse-
quences be what they may. And so
with Virginia and Maryland. Civil
Service is being handled rather roughly.